Images out of northern Mali show attacks by or wreckage from Russian-operated drones targeting Tuareg…
Africa Defense Forum
ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command to provide an international forum for African security professionals. ADF covers topics such as counter terrorism strategies, security and defense operations, transnational crime, and all other issues affecting peace, stability, and good governance on the African continent.
Rival terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have clashed over the last…
Bandits and terrorists abducted nearly 8,000 Nigerians during the year that ended in June 2026,…
Northern Mozambique is home to one of Africa’s more intractable insurgencies, but reports have highlighted…
An International Maritime Bureau piracy report noted a recent wave of Somali piracy incidents, which…
In August, a Sudanese airstrike combining aircraft and drones hit a suspected Rapid Support Forces…
Senior Somali officials say daily life in and around Mogadishu is gradually returning to normal…
In the wake of Operation Eagle Flush in 2025, one of the biggest, most complex…
The United States government on September 30 delivered about $1 million worth of counterterrorism equipment…
The Electronic Revolution Is Bringing Rapid Change to the Continent, in Good and Bad Ways Dr.…
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama commissioned officer cadets into the Ghana Armed Forces during a…
An Interpol-coordinated border security operation in West Africa led to 62 arrests and the seizure…
When Moroccan Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur invaded the sprawling Songhai Empire to the south in 1591,…
CLUES This city, on the southern edge of the Sahara, is known as the gateway…
Soldiers with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) took part in four weeks…
The Angolan Air Force has taken delivery of three C295 maritime surveillance aircraft from Airbus…
An Egyptian subsidiary has begun production of 10 high-tech patrol vessels for the Egyptian Navy…